In your journal, practice a PATTR + TEAR paragraphing of "A Biologist’s Manifesto for Preserving Life on Earth" by E. O. Wilson from The Language of Composition. (2nd edition: Use the selection "Save the Whales, Screw the Shrimp" by Joy Williams.)

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Write a sentence using a gerund phrase with a pronoun subject.

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were a wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.